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USAID T4 Final Project Report
USAID T4 Final Project Report
Fi n a l Pro j e c t R e p o r t
Technology Tools for Teaching and Training (T4) in India - Phase II 2006-2011
CA 386-A-00-06-00148-00
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2006-2011
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Table
of
Contents
Acknowledgements
List
of
Acronyms
4 6 7 10 22 72 92 105 106
Execu;ve Summary
Chapter Four - Lessons Learned and Challenges Chapter Five - Finance Conclusion
Annex 1: Staff List Annex 2: Sample Executive Summaries Annex 3: T4 Compendium of Communications Materials
Phase 2
2006-2011
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Phase 2
2006-2011
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Chapter
One
1.
Overview
In
its
2006
proposal
submission
for
dot-EDU
T4
Phase
II,
EDC
set
out
to
achieve
its
ve-year
objecDves
through
the
following
core
strategies:
Create applicaDons for upper primary classes based on quality instrucDonal design that use a variety of ICT-based content delivery mechanisms Build on the dot-EDU T4 Phase I approach to technology-based tools by focusing on the concept of technology as a process, and ensure that at every level of the educaDon system parDcipants gain skills based on their roles and responsibiliDes as educators, managers and advocates through a learning by doing professional development program Target the middle levels of the educaDon system and below to support decentralizaDon and acDvaDon of teachers and communiDes whose parDcipaDon is criDcal to long-term success and sustainability Empower educaDon system actors tradiDonally seen as end users or beneciaries to become trainers so that they strengthen their own capaciDes, while also learning how to build others capaciDes Involve local NGOs and private sector enDDes (including QUEST Alliance partners) to promote sustainability and create substanDve linkages from which government and other stakeholders can draw ConDnue the dot-EDU T4 Phase I established paXern of tesDng new intervenDons and products, formaDvely evaluaDng the results, sharing outcomes and impacts and obtaining stakeholder (GoI) buy-in and cost-share for scale up and/or expansion Monitor regularly and comprehensively by using quanDtaDve and qualitaDve methods to track inputs and acDviDes against indicators that are veriable by stakeholders at any level of the educaDon system
Expansion into new states using the 'target of opportunity'1 approach; CreaDon of a smaller sub-set of content for middle school students; Provision of professional development services for teachers and educaDon administrators; and A robust monitoring and evaluaDon component.
Between 2007 and 2008, two further modicaDons followed for addiDonal amounts of funding. Curiously, neither modicaDon changed the total award amount or end-date. In January 2008 EDC submiXed a revised budget, budget narraDve, work plan and program descripDon in response to the addiDonal $2.65 million in funds received. In September 2009, EDC received ModicaDon 5, which increased the overall obligaDon to $5,520,180 and added yet another work plan for the incremental funds. ModicaDon 5 was to have lasted unDl May 2010by which Dme both the T4 team and
1 The Target of Opportunity Approach was dened as a way of working with partners that were ready and willing to work with T4. It allowed EDC to
bring on board states that had not been idenGed in our proposal or work-plan, but whose educaGon departments would approach the project and demonstrate interest in launching T4 acGviGes. The 'target of opportunity' approach was created in coordinaGon with the AOTR - and it served the project well parGcularly given the uncertainGes around funding and strategy in the early years of Phase II. For an in-depth analysis on the impact of this unique approach, please refer to Chapter 3.
Harnessing ICT for Report Phase 2 2006-2011 T4 Final Project Education Policy Institute
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Mission was resolutely behind the T4 project was perhaps the glue that helped the team cover so much ground even when the path ahead was uncertain. The trust and faith that both groups displayed in each other is not common in the donor-grantee relaDonship: we joined forces to peDDon for conDnued support and to garner state backing as well. UlDmately, the second phase of T4 was successful in creaDng a shic in three key areas that won accolades for both USAID and EDC: 1) The project extended its product range to encompass Classes 1-8 successfully, transiDoning from primary to middle school levels, and produced impressive student learning gains; 2) it achieved its aim to build capacity on a variety of levels, from program creaDon (as in Andhra Pradesh) to evaluaDon (Bihar, Rajasthan and Delhi), and demonstrated a unique approach to professional development for teachers and administrators (Chhapsgarh and Karnataka); and 3) it expanded its overall reach into four new states and provided access to over 44 million children. In Phase II, T4 also proved that it could conduct a savvy communicaDons campaign and surpass expectaDons by garnering over $9 million in state funds. Although there are a myriad of project documents that chronicle T4 Phase IIs evoluDon and results, the following secDons provide a concise snapshot of the projects deliverables and targets.
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2006-2011
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Program
Results
Boys:
23,024,318 Girls:
21,647,688 Total:
44,672,006 Male:
94,243 Female:
100,213 Total:
294,456
Group Teaching and Learning CDs for middle school classes MulGmedia Math and Science Kits for middle-school classes Life skills video series Life skills audio series AddiGonal IAI/IRI/Ed TV programs adapted/re-produced
2 Physics in Ac@on and Fun with Geometry 15 Topics (10 in Hindi; 5 in Kannada; 98 products in total, 4,000 minutes of audio and video programming) 10 episode series (5 hours of video programming) along with facilitator guide for 10 weeks of acGviGes 25 episodes (550 minutes of programming) along with facilitator guides in Kannada and Hindi 50 Karnataka (IRI for ESL) 80 Andhra Pradesh (IRI for ESL and Awaz-e-Ilm Urdu) 10 Maths videos adapted (Hindi) IRI for ESL series reproduced for Rajasthan
4 380 government ocials trained (over 50 hours of professional development) ChhaWsgarh: 204 Jharkhand: 82 Madhya Pradesh: 94
396 (across all T4 acGviGes, IRI, GTL, TPD, life skills etc.) 146 teachers (120 hours of professional development) 54,373 students tested across evaluaGons 28 reports compiled
Amount leveraged from GoI and other partner Number of NGO partners States expanded to during Phase II
$13.65 million 30+ NGOs (state and naGonal-level organizaGons) 4 - Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Delhi and Rajasthan
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